My new home is now located in the south western region of the United States. I can't believed this happened. Why did it have to happened? We were just living normally. My father worked and paid for our meals, insurances, and home. Then all of a sudden, the planet started to heat up. It became warm, very very warm. Heat filled everywhere and you were always sweating. Next, it became impossible to live in California. The news reported that the intense heating was the result of global warming.
"We cannot live in here anymore" my father said. So he took us out of the state and moved to a less polluted area. The new area still have some ozone layer left and it protected the area from intense heat. In the new area, my parents worked together with other parents at a farm area. They supplied most of the food to the area.
Our journey from California to the new area taught us how important the environment was to everyone. Without a suitable environment, life would not be possible. Hopefully, this catastrophe will end someday. Was global warming a human cause or just a natural process on the earth? I hope that someday I can go back to what used to be my home.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Setting Landscape
There was this children playground near our school. We went there on April 23, 2009. That day was windy. The wind blew fiercely and sometimes not at all. It blew from all directions. It carries the scent of the air with it. When we were walking to the playground, it carried the scent of a garbage truck to us. That smell reeks. The disgusting scent showed me how the wind connects everybody together. It connects everything on earth by bringing the scent of everything together.
Besides there being winds at the park, there wasn't very much noises either. It was wonderful. Less noises bring a calm and relaxing atmosphere. This calm atmosphere was an excellent place to get away from school. It allows you to wander around and forget about the assignments back in school.
Not only did this place has a calm atmosphere, but it was also a boring place. The playground's sight was very boring. It was a boring place because I live in the cities and I saw this sight everyday. It was not unique and just plain ordinary. By ordinary, I mean that sands, cement floors, cars, and benches were present. How Ordinary! The sight may have been boring but the time spent out of school was worth the trouble.
Besides there being winds at the park, there wasn't very much noises either. It was wonderful. Less noises bring a calm and relaxing atmosphere. This calm atmosphere was an excellent place to get away from school. It allows you to wander around and forget about the assignments back in school.
Not only did this place has a calm atmosphere, but it was also a boring place. The playground's sight was very boring. It was a boring place because I live in the cities and I saw this sight everyday. It was not unique and just plain ordinary. By ordinary, I mean that sands, cement floors, cars, and benches were present. How Ordinary! The sight may have been boring but the time spent out of school was worth the trouble.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Response to A Rose for Emily
1. Plot: Conflicts
The conflict is Emily versus society.
2. Setting: sense of setting
I have a strong sense of the time and place.
3. Character: interest
Emily engages my interest because she's a lonely person.
4. Symbolism
I think the symbolic elements are adequately integrated within the story.
5. Theme
The theme is that some people never change. This theme challenge the values that i hold to a weak degree. People changed when they're brain washed. Otherwise than being brain washed, some people never change.
The conflict is Emily versus society.
2. Setting: sense of setting
I have a strong sense of the time and place.
3. Character: interest
Emily engages my interest because she's a lonely person.
4. Symbolism
I think the symbolic elements are adequately integrated within the story.
5. Theme
The theme is that some people never change. This theme challenge the values that i hold to a weak degree. People changed when they're brain washed. Otherwise than being brain washed, some people never change.
Reading Response to Hills Like White Elephants
1. Plot
The story's conflict is the couple deciding whether or not to have an abortion.
2. Setting: sense of setting
I have a strong sense of the time and place. They're at a train station and it's somewhere in the 1900s.
3. Setting: Relation with plot and characters
The setting relates to the plot and characters. They are at a train stations. They have to decide which path they are going to take. Their choice of the path is like deciding whether or not to have an abortion. The train station is like a destination decision. Once you made up your decision and you ride the train, there's no going back.
4. Character: Interests
The man in the story engages my interest because he's always talking.
5. Theme
The theme is that a choice has to be made between life and death. The theme of this story reinforces the values that I hold.
The story's conflict is the couple deciding whether or not to have an abortion.
2. Setting: sense of setting
I have a strong sense of the time and place. They're at a train station and it's somewhere in the 1900s.
3. Setting: Relation with plot and characters
The setting relates to the plot and characters. They are at a train stations. They have to decide which path they are going to take. Their choice of the path is like deciding whether or not to have an abortion. The train station is like a destination decision. Once you made up your decision and you ride the train, there's no going back.
4. Character: Interests
The man in the story engages my interest because he's always talking.
5. Theme
The theme is that a choice has to be made between life and death. The theme of this story reinforces the values that I hold.
The Story of An Hour Responses
1. Setting: Sense of Setting
I have a strong sense of the setting.
2. Plot: conflict
There conflict in the story is the woman deciding her future life. She has to think and plan out her future because her husband is dead.
3. Character: Interest Character?
The character that interest me is Mrs. Mallard. She interest me because she died of joy at the end.
4. Character: How author reveal character?
The author reveal Mrs. Mallard's character by her thoughts about the future, her actions, and her speech.
5. Theme
The theme is that people's life can change in an instant. This theme enforces values that I hold such as being a righteous person and an evil person.
I have a strong sense of the setting.
2. Plot: conflict
There conflict in the story is the woman deciding her future life. She has to think and plan out her future because her husband is dead.
3. Character: Interest Character?
The character that interest me is Mrs. Mallard. She interest me because she died of joy at the end.
4. Character: How author reveal character?
The author reveal Mrs. Mallard's character by her thoughts about the future, her actions, and her speech.
5. Theme
The theme is that people's life can change in an instant. This theme enforces values that I hold such as being a righteous person and an evil person.
Response to three questions for "The story of an hour"
1. Five important phrases to me are she wept at once, she was young; "free, free, free!", she would live to herself, and the joy that kills.
2. I chose "she wept at once" because the line shows how close Mrs. Mallard is to her husband. I chose "she was young" because it portrays a tragedy to a young woman, and that event is very rare. I chose the line "free, free, free!" because it is about freedom, a theme that i liked. Then i chose "she would live for herself" because that line illustrates her future for herself. Lastly, I chose the line "the joy that kills" because the line portrayed that joy can kill people, which is unexpected for me.
3. My question I have for the story is why did Mrs. Mallard died of joy.
2. I chose "she wept at once" because the line shows how close Mrs. Mallard is to her husband. I chose "she was young" because it portrays a tragedy to a young woman, and that event is very rare. I chose the line "free, free, free!" because it is about freedom, a theme that i liked. Then i chose "she would live for herself" because that line illustrates her future for herself. Lastly, I chose the line "the joy that kills" because the line portrayed that joy can kill people, which is unexpected for me.
3. My question I have for the story is why did Mrs. Mallard died of joy.
Response to Yellow Paper
1. Plot
There is the conflict between the narrator and freedom. She was confined to a room and she could not go outside.
2. Setting
The setting is at a summer house in a village. The setting is the inside of a summer house. It's inside a confined room.
3. Relation between setting and character?
The summer house is the rest place for the narrator. It's also confined to keep the narrator safe from harm.
4. Symbolism
The confined room symbolizes protection. The husband wanted to protect his wife so he locked her inside the room. Also, he tends to the wife periodically to show that he has not forgotten about her.
5. Restate theme
The theme is that men thinks woman are weak. The narrator said that she feels better and her husband insist that she rest up. Her husband never accepted her words that she feels better.
There is the conflict between the narrator and freedom. She was confined to a room and she could not go outside.
2. Setting
The setting is at a summer house in a village. The setting is the inside of a summer house. It's inside a confined room.
3. Relation between setting and character?
The summer house is the rest place for the narrator. It's also confined to keep the narrator safe from harm.
4. Symbolism
The confined room symbolizes protection. The husband wanted to protect his wife so he locked her inside the room. Also, he tends to the wife periodically to show that he has not forgotten about her.
5. Restate theme
The theme is that men thinks woman are weak. The narrator said that she feels better and her husband insist that she rest up. Her husband never accepted her words that she feels better.
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